PHOTO: Brewarrina township. IMAGE: NSW Government
Brewarrina has the second lowest life expectancy new data from Public Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU) at Torrens University shows.
The shire of around 1,143 people has a life expectancy of 71 according to PHIDU maps, making for the lowest life expectancy in the Western Plains and second lowest in NSW.
Only Central Darling which includes Wilcannia and Menindee is lower in the state at 63.
This compares to areas of metro Sydney such as Woolhara which sits at 86, the Northern Beaches (85) and Mosman (84)…